ALTHOUGH simians are widespread and occasionally numerous in South Africa, more especially in those parts which are wooded or mountainous, they belong to only five — or, if one excludes the ...

The international movement of baboons has become administratively normal, processed through permits and paperwork, while public scrutiny remains focused elsewhere. The most unsettling aspect of the ...

A new study has found that chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) like to feed on antelope poop, especially during drier months when vegetation might be sparse. Researchers deployed collar cameras attached to ...

It was the first time a controlled laser mark test has been done on these animals in a wild setting and strengthens the evidence from other studies that monkeys don’t recognise their own reflection.

March 11 (UPI) --Wild baboon mothers carry dead infants for up to ten days, according to a new study. The research promises to illuminate the ways animals deal with death. Over the course of 13 years, ...

A study reveals that dominant members of primate troops miss out on restful nights. The post ‘Heavy is the head that wears ...

Baboons have been observed carrying their dead infants around and cleaning their mouths in an apparent reaction to the loss, researchers have said. While studying Namibian chacma baboons for 13 years ...

Instead, I turned and was shocked to see Split Lip, the alpha male baboon from the troop that was frequenting Misty Cliffs, a small beachside town on South Africa's far southern Atlantic coast, just ...